The
Early Emory College Photographs consists of more than 1,110 still
images dating from 1860-1911. The photographs document the class
members of Emory College in Oxford, Georgia, which was founded in
1836. Prior to the start of the project, the original albumen and
silver gelatin photographs were hung in public areas of historic
Seney Hall, built in 1881, on the Oxford College campus of Emory
University. The Oxford College campus is the original Emory College
campus established in 1836 and the predecessor of Emory University
in Atlanta, Georgia.

Many Emory College graduates of this period came from well known
Atlanta or Southern families or went on to play significant roles
in the history of Emory University, the city of Atlanta, and the
region. Some notable examples include Warren Akin Candler, class
of 1875, President of Emory College from 1888-1898 and Bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, from 1898-1935 and Hiram
Warner Hill, class of 1888 and Justice of the Supreme Court of
Georgia